tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post2398334630123968114..comments2024-03-29T02:05:50.350-04:00Comments on Social Security News: I Keep Asking: Does This Look Out Of Control?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-13440990847119946432015-09-28T16:53:10.902-04:002015-09-28T16:53:10.902-04:00Everyone does. Watch this--have we all, as a grou...Everyone does. Watch this--have we all, as a group, settled on how we'd like to do the "pay rate" calculation for individual ALJs? Do we count dismissals? Do you break favorable into FF and PF? I'll wait :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-75735723432383717232015-09-26T08:55:53.261-04:002015-09-26T08:55:53.261-04:00If we're going to talk about the way ODAR and ...If we're going to talk about the way ODAR and SSA plays with numbers, lets talk about the average disposition time. <br /><br />ODAR lumps dismissals into the calculation. Cases are dismissed for two reason primarily. Untimely filed or no show at hearing. The cases dismissed for untimely filing are dismissed within a month or two of filing. Those cases should be excluded from the calculation of disposition time. <br /><br />ODAR includes OTR decision, and senior attorney decisions, both of which generally occur six to ten months before a hearing would be scheduled, in the mix. This also brings down the average time to disposition.<br /><br />I would like to see a chart that breaks out dismissals, OTR's, and cases decided after hearing. I would like that chart to show, for each category, the numbers for each time period. Example 1-90 days, 9-180 days, and so on. I think we would find that the mean time to disposition, for cases that are actually heard is substantially higher than the stated disposition times. <br /><br />As the old adage goes, ODAR and SSA use statistics as a drunk uses a lamppost, more for support than illumination. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-78018567351406584922015-09-25T23:27:51.280-04:002015-09-25T23:27:51.280-04:00I was denied on res judicata technical. Only probl...I was denied on res judicata technical. Only problem was I never applied for benefits before! (I was later awarded after many years of nonsense)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-87529952238992569342015-09-25T12:43:01.339-04:002015-09-25T12:43:01.339-04:00Thanks Max for your math, but I think it is 44% ar...Thanks Max for your math, but I think it is 44% are denied for medical reason. And 12:10 you are right -- reconsideration is a total waste of time. Fortunately where I practice we go straight to the hearing level. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-54492054521736871552015-09-25T12:10:17.371-04:002015-09-25T12:10:17.371-04:00Well, one thing is clear...get rid of the RECON LE...Well, one thing is clear...get rid of the RECON LEVEL!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-44781881747099676252015-09-25T09:32:56.453-04:002015-09-25T09:32:56.453-04:00These statistics are from 2009 - 2011 - I wonder h...These statistics are from 2009 - 2011 - I wonder how much has changed. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-10772326420880383212015-09-25T08:36:06.655-04:002015-09-25T08:36:06.655-04:00The technical denials have no business being inclu...The technical denials have no business being included in this graph. These include all the manufactured claims that inflate the initial claims numbers (and for which the district office gets credit), the N01/N04 SSI denials that muck up someone's Title II claim with windfall offset coding and the 090 Title II denials. Take those out of the graph and you have 56% of the initial claims ultimately approved and 34% medically denied.Max Abilifyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309109493227438820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-21866708507416509552015-09-25T08:14:59.183-04:002015-09-25T08:14:59.183-04:00"Only" 40%? That's a lot."Only" 40%? That's a lot.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-43760021318489054872015-09-24T20:54:51.010-04:002015-09-24T20:54:51.010-04:00These numbers threw me off since it included those... These numbers threw me off since it included those who are not eligible for "technical" reasons. Does anyone know what percentage of applications where the person is technically qualified are ultimately allowed disability? A few years ago, it was 35% at initial application, 15% at the recon level, and 50% at the hearing level. I know the national average at the judicial level is down to 43%, but what is the rate at intitial and reconsideration. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19246708.post-18348464197638657662015-09-24T11:38:03.034-04:002015-09-24T11:38:03.034-04:00GOP Congressional Guide for Social Security Issues...GOP Congressional Guide for Social Security Issues<br /><br />1. Search for and publicize any fraud cases <br />2. Misrepresent the scope of those problems<br />3. After misrepresentations are debunked wait a little while and try again<br />4. In the meantime try to influence adjudicator behavior by publicly bullying some higher grant outliers <br />5. Cut the agency's administrative funding needed to reduce the backlog and provide adequate services<br />6. Use the above to influence opinion towards cutting Social Security benefits (the ultimate goal)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com